Flavian

Areas of expertise:

• Adult Mental Health
• Complex mental illness
• Criminal, Family and Civil Law
• Personality Disorder
• Fitness to Plead
• Mental Capacity
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• ADHD
• Substance Misuse
• Personal Injury
• PTSD
• Risk Assessments
• Court of Protection
• Sentencing and Disposal

Experience:

• Consultant psychiatrist on the GMC Specialist Register (since 2026) providing independent expert psychiatric opinion since 2024. Over 100 medicolegal reports completed across criminal, family, Court of Protection, and civil proceedings. Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificates in Family, Civil, and Criminal Law (2025). Over 2,000 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments completed under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Attended Court to give evidence in extradition and family proceedings.
• Consultant psychiatrist with over nine years of clinical experience across forensic, rehabilitation, intensive care, community, and inpatient psychiatric settings.
• Completed higher specialist training (ST4-ST6) across Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys, Leeds and York Partnership, Humber Teaching, and Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trusts.
• Delivers over 15 medicolegal psychiatric reports per month, with additional experience in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Experienced in neurodevelopmental assessments (adult ADHD, autism) and in coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, legal professionals, and public bodies.
• Honorary Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (2019-2024), with experience teaching undergraduate medical students in psychiatry.
• A consultant psychiatrist on the GMC Specialist Register providing independent expert psychiatric opinion to solicitors, courts, and public bodies across criminal, family, Court of Protection, and civil proceedings in England and Wales.
• Experienced in psychiatric assessment addressing mental capacity, fitness to plead, criminal responsibility, psychiatric diagnosis and formulation, risk assessment, sentencing and disposal, treatment recommendations, and prognosis.
• Clinical background spanning forensic, rehabilitation, psychiatric intensive care, community, and inpatient settings across multiple NHS trusts.
• Section 12(2) approved and Approved Clinician with extensive experience of Mental Health Act assessments
• Extensive experience of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, including formal capacity assessment.
• Skilled in assessing and treating ADHD in adults, informed by specialist UKAAN training in assessment and pharmacological management.
• Provides oral expert evidence and works collaboratively with legal teams, courts, and public bodies to deliver clear, evidence-based psychiatric opinion.

Bio:

I’m Flavian, a consultant psychiatrist on the GMC Specialist Register. I provide independent expert psychiatric opinion to solicitors, courts, and public bodies across criminal, family, Court of Protection, and civil proceedings in England and Wales, delivering over 15 reports per month. I bring over nine years of clinical experience spanning forensic, rehabilitation, intensive care, community, and inpatient settings across multiple NHS trusts. I’m Section 12(2) approved and an Approved Clinician, and I hold the Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificates in Family, Civil, and Criminal Law. I also carry out Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments under the Mental Capacity Act. I speak English and Romanian.

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